ABOUT

I always strive to provide photography, computer graphics, audio and video production in the most pristine level of quality along with displaying the subject matter in the most tasteful way possible. My experience in photography and cinematography began back in 1995. I started off in life following in my father’s footsteps; he is a skilled painter. During my infancy, my father would carry me in a satchel while he painted… til this day, the smell of oil paints still bring me back to those days. I grew up as the class artist, drawing anything and everything in cartoon fashion entertaining myself through my youth. As I entered high school, I was recruited into my high school yearbook class where I became the lead artist and was even offered a job from the printing company that published the yearbook for our school. I coasted quite happily rendering images for the school’s publications and media and feeling confident in my abilities. But after the second year of drawing for the school, the school decided to take a turn in a different direction, and did not want cartoons any longer. I was completely DEVASTATED at first and had no idea what to do, then my yearbook instructor told me to try my hand at photography. He told me that it was going to be an easy transition since I had a good grasp of composition and I was creative. I resisted the idea at first, but embraced the change that was introduced to my life… my father supported me by giving me his Mamiya MX200 SLR with a 50mm, and from there, I began my trek as a photographer. At first, the timing was tough, but with practice and persistence in getting the shots EXACTLY as I pictured them in my head, I got better. Then being assigned to shoot sports as well as candids put my timing into over-drive. The challenge easy and new targets emerged. My English instructor turned me towards shooting video when I decided to shoot a presentation as opposed to presenting to the class. I was introduced to the school’s then fledgling multimedia director who worked with me to produce the school’s very first video bulletin that played every Friday. The program has since then grown to a full curriculum and the last time I visited the campus, there were students that approached me and said “dude, you’re the guy in the ARCHIVES!”

In college, I ended up challenging all of my core photography classes and surpassing many of my peers! Through the recommendation of my DRAMA101 instructor, I was placed into a senior level video production course where I was dubbed the “lighting kid” amoungst all the other shooters, and through the program, I was able to work with esteemed people like George Lucas, and was even offered work in New York and Los Angeles. My family ended up keeping me local, and alongside with school, I worked for a number of studios where I learned even more lighting and shooting techniques. I shot SO so much that, eventually, even with an array of day jobs to cover the bills, it clearly became what I now know, as my life’s work…

The services IMANstudios.net range from product, portraiture, and event photography, graphic compositions, independent film projects, corporate videos, and documentaries. Of course, anything challenging that anyone wants to bring to my table, I am happy to entertain it, as long as it truly does challenge my creativity!